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CROSS - ALBINEA

me they had spoken highly of this race. Bella as a path, well organized, participated. But underneath that "CROSS" I was busy .... Is he not a country? Looking at the way I said no, but I did not understand the altitude, even on Google. However, we decided this morning you go to Albinea!

Beautiful day, beautiful sunshine after the snow on Thursday. Before the bar of the entries we find the other Picos, led by Ross (attapirato far away from failure in the desert, skipped the last minute for security reasons) and Regan who secretly before departure, was seen as he took his dose of aloha, thus preparing its wonderful final performance. (But this is not doping?) At the end we were on the scoresheet in 18 with another sausage to put on bulletin board.

However the way to 9.20. By Mark had decided to leave the plane, not knowing the path. The first 5 km are downhill, and for this we ran with the hand brake to avoid wasting too much energy. From the fifth to the 10th kilometer climb, but it is a sweet enough uphill to get to. The feelings, however, were not the best, legs packed. In these days of bad weather have not been able to train and this will pay more 'forward.

arrived in downtown Borzano suddenly turn right, and here the road gets really steep. Let us go forward to dining at the 11th km and 200 meters ahead. after a bend, the legs become even more 'hard ... I say go with Marco, because he was nice and perky, and here I begin my walk in the woods of Castle Borzano, where it actually starts CROSS .... It 's a dirt road full of hairpin turns, with significant slopes, with breathtaking scenery, which winds up at 15 km to reach the height of 483 m above sea level. From the
up, you could see, having a great day all of the lower Modena and Reggio Emilia, in a silence spoiled only by the footsteps of the runners who passed me. Many mountain bike up the hill, nailed like me, even though they had mountain biking as a report. At one point, the 15 km mark the road levels and started running again, but here we enter a dense forest, in the shadow of the hill completely, running for almost almost 2 km in the snow!!

A real CROSS, between pools of water, bog, rocks to dodge ... Check the last refreshment and behind me there was now no more. I ask the people if the service is over the hill, and I have confirmed that it is all downhill from there. Try running downhill, but my legs are too bad, I go down more slowly than usual. However it goes down to 3 km to the finish line approaches. When was there now Albinea below 1 km as the crow flies, detour to the park Fola. Nooooooooo!! After 300 meters down the road starts to climb for at least one km to 21 km mark. The legs do not feel more .... I put in quotation 2H15min time, but that time was still 1.5 km. After that climb, finally paving the way again, I take breath and down headlong with 3 more steep switchbacks. It will be finished well! You hear in the distance the speaker and I look forward I see?? Perhaps the most uphill 'hard throughout the race, I really split a final breath and legs. 300 meters in 3 turns with a drop of nearly 100m. And there I saw the Madonna that I had met on a Piandelagotti Giovarello ....

Grit your teeth and when we finally paves the way to the streets, and cross the finish with the worst time 2H28min 51sec. Behind me in only 6!!

Budget: beautiful location (you have to be trained better ...), but the most 'hard that I did. The Montefortiana, the 3 Crosses Scandiano and are Piandelagotti a walk than the one found this morning. Good organization, with well-guarded crossings, a few machines on the trail, hot showers and nice prize package arrival for competitive. Only note the refreshments on the course. Only water, tea and sugar cubes ... Completely absent from oranges or lemons ....

But here's the ranking of the Picos competitively

Giacchero Alexander 1:47:56 45 ° 48 °

Olivier Samain 1:48:10

Zaccarelli Eugene 1:59:07 107 ° 120 °

Dellacquila Carmine 2.02. 19

155 ° Regalado Stefano

2:12:17 Mark 2:20:32 178 degree Bacchi

189 ° Andrea Magnani 2:28:51

From the photos of Modenacorre good presence of Picos is Saturday in S. Prospero, this morning to Albareto. Someone tells us these races?
Upcoming dates: Saturday Cibeno, for yet another tour around the Fossolesi, and Sunday Solignano Val Nizzola for walking, and a hundred for the half marathon.

CIAOOO

Andrea